Ok, I'm in bed sick so I may as well sleuth right?
According to the obit, here-
http://www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com/obituaries.php?page=0&op=view&id=773
She was preceded in death by a sister. There are two women of the same name, according to the SS death index, they both died in 2008, one in MN one in CA. I would surmise that her sister was in MN seeing as they were born in Wisconsin. (Assumed wrong, found that obit, she was not the MN one). She could have possibly died young so maybe she isn't on the SS death index?
Someone mentioned maybe someone was after the drugs... Daughter 2 is/was a substance abuse councilor. (I don't want to call any of these people by name, I'm just adding that bc I thought it was interesting, not b/c I think it is tied in). She is local, Greenville.
Daughter 1 lives in Broward County FL and is in education also. She is 45. Her father is Thomas P (he can be found on her FB)
Son 2 grew up and attended university in Greenville (same one I went to, which helps the FB settings). He is 24ish according to my calculations.
Son 1 grew up in Greenville, attended UNC. He could be 24ish also, if he left college on time. Both he and his brother left school in '08. He may be older though, just based on friends in common with me.
Still digging.
God I love facebook and people's lack of privacy settings.
Here is Kathy's FB and her friends list.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jessica-Gorall/1476133385#!/kathyataft?ref=mf
She is friends with father of child 1. She is also friends with the ex who's house she was staying at John G. (I'm proud of him for knowing how to use his privacy settings, I also just realized I know one of his law partners, interesting).
To read her friend's list, it reads like a list of building names in NC (which it does, a few of these people have business schools, buildings, and private schools named after them).
So, she has been married three times right? Or has children by three different fathers at least.
I also have a much deeper held theory that involves investigations of other things in Greenville and Raleigh, but that is not going on a public forum.